1. And several members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement banned in China meditated, their arms raised above their heads. 2. And members of the Chinese spiritual movement Falung Gong, kept the yelling to themselves. 3. And their harsh crackdown on Falun Gong, the spiritual movement that staged an illegal protest earlier this year, is further testimony to their insecurity. 4. At least, it was a true spiritual movement no matter how primitive, Keen said. 5. A Beijing court convicted four people of murder on Friday for organizing the self-immolation last January by followers of the outlawed Falun Gong spiritual movement. 6. A day after it outlawed a fast-growing spiritual movement, the Chinese government continued its campaign of invective Friday against the group, known as Falun Gong. 7. But China banned the sect last year as part of a crackdown on unauthorized spiritual movements that the Communist Party perceived as a threat to social order. 8. CBS News reported Friday that Chinese authorities blocked video footage it was trying to transmit from Beijing that showed the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement. 9. China has begun a fresh news-media campaign to discredit the banned spiritual movement Falun Gong ahead of a gathering of devotees in Hong Kong on Sunday. 10. Civil disobedience by the Chinese spiritual movement Falun Gong shows no sign of slowing in the New Year and may be ratcheting up to a new level. |
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